Take away their pain
Your kind donation today can free an animal from a life of pain.
Your kind donation today can free an animal from a life of pain.
Take away their pain
You can take away an animal’s pain!
Please, will you take away an animal’s pain and give them the life they deserve?
If it wasn’t for kind supporters like you, Barrow would have lived a terrible life full of excruciating pain. Abandoned at only one-week-old, she and her siblings were rushed by a kind stranger to SPCA. Each tiny kitten was freezing cold and terribly hungry.
The SPCA vet attendant quickly warmed the kittens up, gave them a flea bath, and fed them a specialmilk formula. It took a little while for the kittens to figure out the bottle, but as soon as they got the hang of it, each one gobbled down the food hungrily.
For weeks, these tiny kittens needed round-the-clock care. Each one seemed to be coming along well, but as Barrow grew older, her foster mum realised something was seriously wrong with her eye.
“At about 6-7 weeks we noticed that her eye was often closed,” says Barrow’s foster mum. “She didn’t like her eye drops and would try to get them out with her paw.”
The SPCA vets investigated and discovered that Barrow had an unusual eye defect called eyelid agenesis.
SPCA vet Linda explains, “Eyelid agenesis is where the eyelid fails to form properly. Barrow had normal furry skin where the eyelid should have been.”
“It means normal haired skin is rubbing against the eye. If left untreated, her condition would result in repeated infections, pain, and damage to the eye - scarring to the cornea, or even deep ulcers that can rupture.”
If Barrow’s eye condition wasn’t corrected, she would be condemned to a miserable life, full of constant pain every time her furry eyelid rubbed against her inflamed, sensitive eye.
Thankfully, kind supporters like you reached out to pay for life-changing surgery for this little kitten to correct her eyelid agenesis. The surgery involved creating a flap of tissue from Barrow’s lip and transposing it to the missing eyelid area, creating a new, hair-free eyelid.
After her surgery, Barrow was given a large ‘Elizabethan collar’, and sent back to her foster home for recovery.With heat packs, pain killers and eye drops, Barrow healed quickly. Full of energy, she began prancing around her foster home, demanding attention and comforting snuggles.
Barrow has also been desexed, microchipped and vaccinated. Thanks to the kind generosity of SPCA supporters, Barrow will now live a happy life, free from pain, surrounded by love.
Please, will you donate today? Your kind gift will free another animal like Barrow from pain and give them the life they deserve.